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Like everything else in the Alice-in-Wonderland topsy-turvy world of progressive socialist democrats, the meaning of words is unlinked from their conventional and common-sense definitions. Actions proposed or taken today are unmoored from any historical context which may provide valuable lessons and guidelines that may predict the outcomes of their actions or mitigate unanticipated consequences.

You may ask, how can anyone look at those countries that adopted, by vote or by force, socialist policies only to see the increasing corruption of those in power and the eventual need for more and more force to keep the leadership in power in the face of rising misery in the populace? Venezuela? Cuba? China? Russia? North Korea?

You may ask, how can anyone believe that one can disregard human nature to achieve “social justice” when the strong will always prevail over the weak, the leaders will charismatically convince their followers to follow, and the social justice warriors will always demand that the creators be punished for their disproportionate rewards?

Which brings me to a quote sent to me by a friend and penned nearly 100 years ago by the French poet, philosopher, essayist, and polemicist, Charles Péguy, a man unafraid to engage in controversial debates of his time.

Charles Péguy (1873 – 1914)

It will never be known what acts of cowardice have been motivated by the fear of not looking sufficiently progressive. -- Charles Péguy

Even though Péguy was both a French socialist and a nationalist, his wisdom clearly transcends his personal philosophies…

Freedom is a system based on courage.

Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.

We must always tell you what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.

How is it that the socialist French, as well as others cohabiting this imperfect world, have failed to consider these words?

Perhaps there is an easy answer, and one the comports with the reality of human nature. There will always be those who will adapt or corrupt, by any means possible, anything that resists their self-serving agenda and promotes that which leaves them in power over those who can be seduced or coerced into giving up their freedoms. No this isn’t a quote unless you consider I am quoting myself, but a common sense observation based on history.

History, if you remember, is the stuff they taught you in grammar school, junior high (now called middle school), and high school, before you entered the soul-sucking realm of leftists from the political science department of your chosen college. Pretty much a brief recitation of dates, events, outcomes, and some quite memorable people. No overt claims of victimhood requiring reparations for the actions of your ancestors. Learning from the lessons of history were enough – one did not need to wallow in the shame and the consequences of that for which you bear no responsibility.

Today, you are not educated so much as indoctrinated. Academe has been infiltrated by those who promote political subversion, substituting theory for the lessons of practice, altering history to create an alternative universe of victims needing political redress, and even going so far as to severely curtail the teaching of “manual” or “industrial arts” that provided a non-academic path to a good life based on hard work and common sense.

Which leads me to another quote…

“It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God, people refuse to forgive and forget and heap past wrongs upon innocent generations.” ― E.A. Bucchianeri

Bottom line…

We are entering uncharted territory. Where the mainstream media, controlled by corporate interests, have abandoned their traditional role of vetting and monitoring politicians. Where the anonymous and corruptible social media gives a disproportionate voice to malevolent or ignorant interests without a filter. Where those who control platforms routinely embrace what is politically and scientifically fashionable without performing any due diligence or sensibility checks. Where entitlements and promises replace facts in persuading people to act against their best interests. And, where our enemies and interlopers are openly welcomed as pseudo-citizens without regard for the damaging changes they are wreaking on our politics, infrastructure, and society.

I never thought that I would see a major political party cave to those who are literally ignorant of history and who tell us how we should like with unwarranted certitude. It is the only time and place in history where progressive means regressive in all things as they de-growth and destroy our economy, reduce the military force in times of rising foreign threats, and restrict our personal freedoms in the name of a political scheme that has cost hundreds of millions of lives and spread misery far and wide. Surely you cannot call this progress unless you are a progressive socialist democrat.

To say we are screwed is an understatement.

-- steve

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

There is little doubt in my mind that Adam Schiff, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, is a dishonest, disreputable, liar, and leaker who has proven so unreliable that he should be stripped of any security clearances he may hold and removed from the Committee.

Having pushed and pushed the Trump-Russia collusion story, many of Schiff’s assertions and allegations remain uncorroborated or uncontested lies after two years of scrutiny by intelligence and law enforcement agencies, multiple congressional committees, and of course, the news media.

It appears that Schiff is panicking now that his pretentious perfidy is on display for all to see. So he and his staff are expanding their efforts by looking at peripheral players and hundreds of hours of testimony to uncover errors, omissions, and outright lies. Not that these revelations will prove anything or advance the story, but serve only to relieve the stink surrounding Schiff and his over-the-top hyper-partisan behavior.

Today’s example of “So what?” …

Think about it. Adam Schiff ran to the television cameras to suggest that Erik Prince may have not disclosed something to his committee and the dishonest Chuck Todd cherry-picked a quote from Al Jazeera. The appropriate venue for an inquiry seeking clarification would be in a committee meeting or staff interview of Prince. But, Schiff could not wait to run before the cameras.

EXCERPT OF NBC’S MEET THE PRESS TRANSCRIPT (March 10, 2019)

[OCS: Let us not forget that NBC is part of the progressive mainstream media cabal that appears dedicated, as a matter of corporate philosophy and practice, to disparaging, damaging, or destroying the current President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. And Chuck Todd has breached the dividing line between journalist and commentator on numerous occasions appearing to be little more than a liberal partisan.

There is little doubt in my mind that Schiff orchestrated his appearance and he or his staff fed this rather obscure topic to the Meet the Press staff or the commentator himself.]

CHUCK TODD: I want to move to something that was a bit confusing. Erik Prince, who is the brother of the secretary of education but also has been sort of before your committee having to do with some odd meetings that he had set up in the Seychelles, he was on Al Jazeera and he was asked about some testimony to your committee and about whether he lied or not.

[OCS: Look at the language used in the framing of the issue. How can any journalist claim that a witness has “been sort of before your committee” or characterize meetings as “odd?” And, notice that the Todd deliberately conflates a discussion on “disclosure” with lying? The lack of disclosure is not lying … and in any event Prince claims he did disclose the matter to the committee.]

Take a listen.

[BEGIN TAPE]

ERIK PRINCE: We were there to talk about Iran policy.MEDHI HASAN: You were there to talk about Iran policy?ERIK PRINCE: Uh-huh.MEDHI HASAN: Don't you think that's something important to disclose to the House Intelligence Committee while you're under oath?ERIK PRINCE: I did.MEDHI HASAN: You didn't. We just went through the testimony. There's no mention of the Trump Tower meeting August 2016. Why not?ERIK PRINCE: I don't know if they got the transcript wrong.

[END TAPE]

[OCS: Let us not forget that Al Jazeera is the propaganda arm of the Qatar government and is a power player in the region.]

CHUCK TODD: So this was about another meeting that Erik Prince had I believe with some other -- perhaps with some other representatives of some other countries in Trump Tower, the so-called second Trump Tower meeting of less significance. Not with Russians, with other foreign countries. Based on what you heard there, is Mr. Prince telling the truth? Is your transcript wrong?

REP. ADAM SCHIFF: Well, he's certainly not telling the truth in that interview. There's nothing wrong with our transcript. There was nothing wrong with the reporter who transcribed his testimony. He did not disclose that meeting to our committee. And in fact, as you can see from the published transcript of his interview, he was asked what kind of role he played, if any, in the campaign, and he said he had no role apart from on his own submitting written papers, hanging a yard sign, or making a contribution. And he was also asked about any substantive policy conversations that he might have had. So his, you know, interview certainly looks inconsistent with his testimony. Bob Mueller has that testimony already. And Bob Mueller will have to make the decision about whether that rises to a level of deliberate falsehood. But we had questions at the time of his testimony about his candor and his and his --

CHUCK TODD: What's your --

REP. ADAM SCHIFF: -- how forthcoming he was. And those questions have only been heightened now.

CHUCK TODD: What's your concern about what he was doing?

REP. ADAM SCHIFF: Well, the concern is that, you know, this is another concealed meeting. This is another discussion that took place in the context of the meeting that he had in the Seychelles. There have been persistent questions about whether the U.A.E. was playing a backchannel role to the Russians during the campaign. And those were a lot of the questions that we were asking him about. So clearly this meeting at Trump Tower with these players was of direct interest to our committee. So why conceal it? Why withhold that information if there was nothing improper, no improper purpose in it? There are a lot of deeply concerning and unanswered questions around Erik Prince and his involvement with the campaign.

[OCS: First, any competent counsel tells you to answer the question being asked in the shortest and most succinct manner – and do not volunteer information.

Second, there is no proof that has presented that the U.A.E. was acting as a backchannel to the Russians other than what Schiff is saying.

Third, So “why conceal it?” is tantamount to asking “When did you stop beating your wife?”

And, of course, one would expect Schiff to claim that there are a lot of “deeply concerning and unanswered questions.”

The very same things could be said about Adam Schiff and his activities. Especially now that we know Schiff or his people spent an unheard of ten hours with former Trump attorney Michael Cohen prior to his testimony and that Schiff lied about that meeting. And, lest we forget, Cohen probably lied during that hearing if you can believe published reports.]

CHUCK TODD: All right. Adam Schiff, I will leave it there. The Democratic lead on the House Intelligence Committee, the chairman. Thanks very much for coming on, getting up early, and sharing your views with us this morning.

Let us not forget that Prince was a former Navy SEAL and that he founded and operated one of the largest private military contracting firms in the world – where honor, safety, and secrecy are everything.

Bottom line…

Once again, Adam Schiff, the liar, and leaker jumps before the cameras with nothing of substance to say. More innuendo and character assassination from a man who lacks character and any sense of honor. It is time for Schiff to resign or be removed from the Intelligence Committee.

With Schmucks like Schiff running the show, it is little more than a sh*t show and Kabuki Theater.

We are so screwed.

-- steve

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

** For those who are covered by Medicare, chances you have spent a lifetime working to earn both Social Security and Medicare. Medicare is not free and does require the payment of monthly premiums. Unless you have a variant of Medicare coverage that limits access to authorized providers, there is limited coverage for hearing aids, eyeglasses, and specific durable medical equipment. Medicines are covered under a different part of Medicare with its own terms and conditions.

** Some have chosen to cover the deductibles and shortfalls in Medicare with supplemental insurance.

** Medicaid is a social welfare program that covers those who are not covered by private insurance, self purchased or employer purchased, Medicare, or Military insurance programs.

** The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, nearly destroyed the private healthcare insurance marketplace to insure an estimated 16 million additional people – which turns out to be approximately 12 million individuals who were added to the state-run Medicaid programs. There is no doubt that President Obama and his cadre of Obamacare supporters knowing lied to the American people about keeping your present doctor and present medical facility. And, to add insult to injury, the programs available under Obamacare were over-the-top expensive and mandated egregious deductibles.

** There was little or no thought to widening coverage for uninsured individuals without a corresponding increase in physicians, facilities, support personnel, and diagnostic equipment. The entire Medicare and Medicaid programs are fraught with waste, fraud, and abuse – which politicians seem reluctant to discover by adequately funding investigation personnel.

** So-called senior advocacy groups such as AARP actually sold seniors down the river by promoting Obamacare, full well-knowing that the insurance conglomerate behind the majority of AARP’s revenue stream was heavily involved with the formulation and structural operation (healthcare.gov) of Obamacare.

** The progressive socialist democrats want to disguise “socialized medicine” by calling it Medicare for all – and avoid using the older descriptive Single-Payer Healthcare.

** If you believe that the congress has the ability to craft a complex healthcare document without lobbyists and progressive foundations or that government has the expertise to administer a wide-ranging healthcare program, simply consider that the government cannot manage either the Veterans Hospitals nor the Indian Affairs medical programs.

Bottom line – Could this be part of something bigger?

The progressive socialist democrats want to control our nation and sovereignty through control of our economy. Whether it is called climate change or green new deal, it is all about power and control. And, if this was not nefarious enough, the progressive socialist democrats want to assume control over individuals and how we live our lives by assuming control over healthcare.

Never in the history of the United States have we seen a single political party infiltrated by our enemies, both foreign and domestic – enabled by using useful idiots, an infiltrated and complicit media, and activists who disguise themselves as social justice warriors. To add one level of difficulty to the attack, consider our nation is being invaded by illegal aliens who come from an area that is corrupt and socialist. And, make no mistake, there are squishy RINOs (Republicans In Name Only)

This is not some right-wing conspiracy fantasy, but a true, connect-the-dots cause and effect example of the power of money and manipulation in politics. I will leave it up to historians to investigate and assess how President Obama, with open associations with socialists, communists, anti-Semites, and anti-America domestic terrorists made it into the White House under the noses of a complacent intelligence community and media. Perhaps, it is possible that our intelligence agencies were also compromised given the recent actions of former CIA Director John Brennan, the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Former FBI Director James Comey, Acting Director of the FBI, Acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. And let us not forget Hillary Clinton who appeared to be complicit with the joint Department of State/CIA program to arm terrorists with military weapons in Benghazi and whose foundation received hundreds of millions from foreign sources – some linked to Russia and a deal that saw the Russians take control over 20% of the U.S. uranium production on Robert Mueller’s watch at the FBI. Could this be the reason they need to concentrate everybody’s attention on Donald Trump?

Unlikely as it sounds, the only thing that may stand between a socialist/communist take-over of the United States is President Donald Trump.

We are so screwed.

-- steve

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

I can understand Nancy Pelosi excusing Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitism, because it is a pattern and practice of excusing other traitors and bad behavior…

Nancy Pelosi: a “pretend Catholic” …

How is it that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wears the Ash Wednesday sign of the cross on her forehead, yet promotes grotesque late-term abortions which are an abomination to the Church and other decent-minded citizens? How is it that she does not investigate and condemn the Church for decades of criminal child molestation that has been deliberately and criminally hidden from law enforcement officials?

Promoting the San Francisco values that are rapidly turning parts of the city into areas rivaling third-world shit-holes…

Pelosi: Ilhan Omar 'has a different experience in the use of words'

[OCS: How can any Moslem be unaware of anti-Semitism when it is codified in the Quran?]

“I don’t think our colleague is anti-Semitic,” Mrs. Pelosi said at The Economic Club. “She has a different experience in the use of words, doesn’t understand that some of them are fraught with meaning that she didn’t realize.”

[OCS: To be a Moslem, you are, by definition, anti-Semitic, anti-Jew, anti-Israel, and anti-America and its Constitution. I don’t recall Pelosi ever giving a pass to the accidental or imprudent utterances of Republicans.]

Democrats were forced to reckon with accusations of anti-Semitism this week after Ms. Omar suggested that lawmakers who defended Israel were guilty of dual allegiance.

[OCS: The hypocrisy is stunning as Moslems put the allegiance to their former countries above the United States as the self-segregate for the purposes of aggregating political power.]

Last month, Ms. Omar drew ire for suggesting that pro-Israel groups bribed and bought support from American lawmakers.

[OCS: How can Pelosi say this with a straight face – ok, she is Botoxed to the point of wearing a Michael Jackson-like mask – because that is the modus operandi of every politician in office? Pelosi’s family appears to have profited greatly from her connections and positions while in office.]

Mrs. Pelosi also defended her leadership team’s decision to expand the resolution to include language against Islamophobia and bigotry against a handful of minority groups.

[OCS: Giving the same type of political cover to the radical Islamic terrorists and their supporters that prevented the United States from holding Saudi Arabia accountable for their actions in the 9/11 terrorist attack.]

Some members of the Democratic caucus, despite ultimately voting for the resolution, wanted it to remain focused on anti-Semitism and the tropes they say Ms. Omar used.

“I don’t think it watered down anti-Semitic language at all,” Mrs. Pelosi said. “It isn’t about anybody who hates anybody, it’s about people who act upon their hatred and that is what we have no place for.” <Source>

How many politicians that were on the Senate Intelligence Committee have harbored an enemy spy for 20 years in their office and then “retired” him instead of prosecuting him when the Chinese agent was discovered by the FBI?

But then again, the Democrats continue to protect former Democrat National Committee Chair Debbi Wasserman-Schultz and her association with Pakistani foreign nations who accessed the Democrat computer systems and defrauded the United States? Why has nobody revealed what was on the recovered laptop that Wasserman-Shultz claimed to own? Why has nobody said anything about the trove of Hillary Clinton’s documents found on Human Abedin’s computer in the possession of her husband and Democrat politician Anthony Weiner?

Bottom line…

You may dislike the GOP, but you cannot trust Democrats!

We are so screwed.

-- steve

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

I cannot believe that the United States House of Representatives condemned the citizens of the United States, “We the People,” in a non-binding resolution while excusing the Muslim anti-Semitism of one of its members – who it refused to mention by name.

It is another victory for the Muslims who gave us worldwide terrorism and 9/11 …

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) joined by the other Muslims in Congress Rashid Tlaib (D-MI) and André Carson (D-IN) said…

“Today is historic on many fronts. It’s the first time we have ever voted on a resolution condemning Anti-Muslim bigotry in our nation’s history. Anti-Muslim crimes have increased 99% from 2014-2016 and are still on the rise.”

“We are tremendously proud to be part of a body that has put forth a condemnation of all forms of bigotry including anti-Semitism, racism, and white supremacy. At a time when extremism is on the rise, we must explicitly denounce religious intolerance of all kinds and acknowledge the pain felt by all communities. Our nation is having a difficult conversation and we believe this is great progress.”

It was not “our nation” or “our people” that spewed forth anti-Semitic hate speech that prompted this non-binding resolution, it was Rep. Ilhan Omar herself that was the subject of the resolution. Unfortunately, it appears that the Democrats in the House and the cowardly Republicans, with the exception of 23 brave souls, voted on this whitewash of Omar’s remarks which amounts to tacit approval of anti-Semitic hate speech.

Bottom line…

It is the Democrat Party, in their quest for power, that is dining at the devil’s table, blind to the Faustian deal they are trying to make. Again, I cannot believe that the party of my parents has become a clear and present danger to America and all Americans.

Today House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spit in the eye of all decent Americans by allowing the entire party to bend to the will of a un-American, anti-Semite whose people fled real oppression in their home country to attempt to re-create the shit-hole they left here on American soil.

How is it that Nancy Pelosi appointed one of our potential Muslim enemies, Rep. Omar, on the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee?

We are so screwed.

-- steve

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

Considering that academia is mostly populated by progressive socialist democrats, it should not come as any surprise that academicians would develop a theoretical framework that would identify and exploit human weaknesses to advance their political agenda.

This pseudo-analytic framework is known as intersectionality and is little more than a social stratification of individuals into segments of disability, disadvantage, discrimination, and oppression that can be politically exploited by politicians who promise to redress real or perceived grievances in return for political power. The word intersectionality itself considers the interlocking and overlapping nature of the various classifications that can be applied to describe an individual, their dysfunction, or lack of power relative to another individual.

In almost every instance, the fundamental denial of human nature and the naturally occurring imbalances in cultural systems can be attributed to ignorance or intellectual dishonesty.

There have always been individuals who are:

stronger – weaker;

leaders – followers;

hunters – gatherers;

creators – consumers;

intelligent – not so intelligent;

educated – illiterate;

connected – not connected; and

facilitators who produce nothing but profit from transactional arrangements.

The idea that any political system can redress fundamental human differences is to create another layer of disadvantaged and distressed individuals.

Socialism and Communism attempt to reduce all individuals, with the exception of the leadership and their special interests who help them maintain power, to unexceptional population units to be manipulated and managed for the benefit of the state and its leadership; a classic definition of slavery. Pretty much why the Democrat Party, the party of big government, has historically been associated with slavery, segregation, Jim Crow, anti-civil-rights, and the KKK which was the terrorist arm of the Democrat Party.

These radical social systems deal with power through radical transformations and revolution against the existing system; and thus the leadership must turn to totalitarian methods to suppress any revolutionary uprising once the leadership assumes power.

Those that promise some form of social justice, equity, or equality never mention that this requires all individual activity be reduced to the lowest common denominator and that the only equality to be found is the equality of misery and slavery. One need only look at history to see the handwriting on the wall. Pretty much why history is not taught without political revision in today’s classrooms.

Capitalism may not be perfect, but it does respect human nature and the inherent characteristics of social orders. It provides equality under the law and the equality of opportunity, not a stage-managed equality of outcome. The end result of more capitalism is more capitalism and opportunity. The end result of Socialism and Communism is totalitarianism.

Consider the progressives and their latest promotion of transgenderism. Is it acceptable to allow a child to simply decide their gender on any given day and then back that decision with the force of law; overruling parents on physical and psychological treatments? Is it acceptable to allow men to compete in women’s competitions where they may have significant advantages to win medals when they can barely perform in their own milieu? Is it acceptable to give any class of individuals superior rights over the general population if you want to uphold the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law? From what you find in the mainstream media, realistically the propaganda arm of the Democrat Party, one might believe transgenderism is both common and a major portion of our population. In polling, thanks to the media, most people believe one out of five individuals is gay. These are wild estimates driven by the gay activists who influence a significant part of the Democrat Party.

Consider why the progressives want to allow anyone to simply enter the United States and assume the rights of citizens as they destroy our laws, social safety nets, and general culture. Is it because they want more Democrat voters or is it because they want to destroy the existing capitalist system, a far more nefarious objective?

I never though I would need to question the honesty of my government or the loyalty of our representatives – but it is now time to question both.

Everywhere I turn it appears that President Trump is a racist, misogynist, anti-Semite and that all of his promises and programs are a failure. There is nothing but an overwhelming avalanche of bad news being trumpeted by the mainstream media -- which appears more-and-more to be the propaganda arm of the Democrat Party. Good news is suppressed, buried, or re-written in a questioning manner. The President can do little or nothing right when it comes to the media.

And, just when I thought it couldn't get worse, you find the party that paid for the infamous and bogus "Steele Dossier" is panicking because it is likely that their two-year-old story of Trump-Russia collusion will fall apart -- with the inescapable conclusion that the only party that colluded with Russians and interfered in a presidential election was the Democrat Party.

Oh, what to do? Deprived of Mueller's never-ending investigation to dig up dirt, any dirt, including the activities of peripheral players whose crimes pre-date Trump's candidacy or are procedural in nature, the Democrats are left in a quandary as the 2020 election approaches.

So, who better to dig up dirt than hyper-partisan congressional committees under the guise of protecting America (not their job) using almost unlimited taxpayer-funded resources?

As we have seen through the revelatory committee hearings and court documents, the progressive socialist democrats in the Obama administration, including those in the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and various covert intelligence agencies conspired to interfere with a presidential election, first attempting to damage candidate Trump and then moving on to destroying or damaging his presidency. All orchestrated covertly through the offices of Fusion GPS and funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Clinton-controlled Democrat National Committee.

Now we are seeing that the progressive socialist democrats in the House of Representatives, namely Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Adam Schiff (D-CA) Chairman of the Intelligence Committee and Elijah Cummings (D-MD) Chairman of the Oversight Committee, are attempting to use taxpayer dollars and government personnel to perform additional opposition research on a sitting President of the United States who will be running for reelection in 2020. Again, interfering with a presidential election under the guise of verifying that Candidate Trump, his campaign committee, and now President Trump did not conclude with Russia.

Since much of the Trump-Russia collusion allegations have been debunked, we find the investigators targeting Trump’s business activities and all of his associates to find evidence of criminal wrongdoing.

These investigations must be a blatant attempt to fix the 2020 election because the real purpose of Congress is to perform oversight related to their legislative activities, not to conduct criminal investigations nor punish wrongdoing.

Where are the cowardly Republicans?

Do you see anyone in the Republican ranks that will bring ethics complaints against the Committee Chairman to force at least a temporary recusal while the ethics committee is conducting its lengthy investigation? Do you see the Republicans demanding a House vote (even if Pelosi will not schedule a hearing or bring the matter to the floor) censuring members for leaking, lying, and departing from the purposes of the various committees?

What the hell is happening to our nation – right under our noses?

Bottom line…

Where are the activist GOP Tea Party-like groups bombarding the media? Where are the GOP billionaires mounting campaigns against congressional corruption? Are they all being blackmailed, extorted, and denied government contracts in an effort worthy of the old Soviet Union?

Where are the people willing to speak out on these transparent attempts to diminish, degrade, and destroy our nation? Unless you take action, you are not victims of tyranny; you are accomplices.

We are screwed if we go along to get along.

-- steve

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

I was reading Politico’s story on the progressive socialist democrats in the House of Representatives, many of them blatant racists, struggling while trying to cobble together a statement condemning anti-Semitic remarks and behavior. While it appears that they are struggling not to condemn any particular member (Rep. Ilhan Omar) and make it all-inclusive, the remarks of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer made me laugh out loud…

“‘We're still discussing it,’ Hoyer said on Tuesday. ‘The sentiment is that it ought to be broad-based. What we're against is hate, prejudice, bigotry, white supremacy, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism.’"

Translation…

The focus is again on Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, and remarks about "loyalty" to Israel. After leadership signaled a willingness to advance a softly worded resolution related to anti-Semitism, Omar's allies rallied to her defense and accused Pelosi's leadership team of inappropriately singling out the Somali refugee.

Led by Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., fellow freshman Democrats, Omar's defenders sidelined the original resolution, and now leaders are cobbling together a broader draft that would oppose many forms of offensive actions. <Source>

Bottom line…

Once again we can see with our own eyes and hear with our own ears the radical transformation of the Democrat Party into a un-American Fifth Column trying to destroy America from within. It appears that their greatest weapon is the GOP’s, with the exception of President Donald Trump, reluctance to call out the miscreants who are continuing to attack the U.S. Constitution, the rule of law, civil society, and the concept of American exceptionalism. It is amazing that a communist, a Palestinian-Muslim, and a Somali-Muslim can exert this degree of control over the Democrat Party.

We are so screwed.

-- steve

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

Just when you think you have heard it all about Donald Trump, including collusion with Russian interests and dodgy business practices, along comes someone so deranged that they merely pull an idea out of their ass to generate media attention and reinforce their relevancy amid an ocean of progressive socialist democrats and outright communists. How else can you explain Juan Williams’ suggestion that President Trump may refuse to leave the White House if he loses in 2020? An unambiguous statement that is so egregious as to beggar the imagination.

The idea that an “army” of social media can stop a well-armed “army” of secret service agents whose oath is to uphold and defend the constitution, not someone who has no legitimate right to occupy the premises, is beyond the pale. The creation of a sick mind and delusional thoughts.

Apparently, Williams’ twisted thoughts arise from the President’s statement in October 2016 that he would accept a “clear election result,” but that he also reserved the right “to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result. And always, I will follow and abide by all of the rules and traditions of all of the many candidates who have come before me. Always.” Considering the prevalence of voter fraud in the nation that is routinely overlooked by the progressive socialist democrats, the party of lawyers, I see nothing troubling about Trump’s statement. I can clearly remember the fight between Bush and then-Vice President Gore … which was resolved by the courts in a rational manner and reasonable timeframe before the inauguration.

Bottom line…

Between now and the 2020 election, I will expect that the progressive socialist democrats and their mainstream media propaganda arm to disparage, denigrate, and attempt to destroy Donald Trump’s chances at reelection. Fortunately, Trump is not a Bush or a Romney that refused to fight back and return insult with insult without any intervening surrogates and so-called advisors and consultants.

I find it refreshing that anyone can ask Donald Trump about anything and get an answer – raw and unfiltered by focus groups and advisors – but it is far different from the plasticity and artificiality of an Obama or Hillary Clinton. Unlike Obama who required a TelePrompTer to speak to elementary school children, Trump can think on his feet and is more articulate than Obama. If one were to look closely, Trump is genuine and authentic whereas Obama and Hillary were scripted and provided with friendly venues.

Keep it up Juan, continue speaking and demonstrate to the American public the ignorance and hyper-partisanship of the progressive socialist democrats where party politics trumps our nation’s best interests.

We are so screwed.

-- steve

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

In an over-the-top attempt to damage the President of the United States, the progressive socialist Democrat Chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, and Oversight committees have sent a letter to Mick Mulvaney, the Acting White House Chief of Staff, requesting “documents from the White House, and interviews with White House and other Executive Office of the President personnel, related to communications between President Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation which appear to fall under “Executive Privilege.”

Based on little more than a news report, “Trump Has Concealed Details of His Face-to-Face Encounters with Putin from Senior Officials in Administration,” from a biased left-wing news source, the Washington Post, the Chairmen of the three committees hope to continue their harassment of the President and to continue expanding the media meme of Trump Russia collusion until the 2020 election.

While the Privilege is not mentioned in the United States Constitution nor codified in federal law, it appears that the privilege arises from “separation of powers” doctrine which was affirmed by the Supreme Court in United States v. Nixon.

Let us not forget…

President Obama exerted the very same privilege when members of the Obama Administration were engaged in unconstitutional and criminal activities involving providing guns to Mexican drug cartels during the “Fast and Furious” program. Attorney General Eric Holder continued to stonewall Congressional requests and was himself held in “Contempt of Congress.”

And, I could probably make a better case that it is Obama who should be investigated considering President Obama’s connections with Marxists, Communists, and Russians – especially when he was caught on an open microphone “colluding” with the President of Russia.

President Obama in a private conversation with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev …

President Obama: "On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved but it’s important for him to give me space."

President Medvedev: "Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you…"

President Obama: "This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility."

President Medvedev: "I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir, and I stand with you."

This was a conversation between leaders and not meant to be distributed by the news media.

Of course, they are not impartial finders of fact…

Bottom line…

The Fifth Column of progressive socialist democrats continues to attack the President in their attempt to gain power and destroy the United States from within.

We are so screwed.

-- steve

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell